PoE 2 graphical issues (black screen) on mac via parallels

Since iOS isn’t supported yet, I ran PoE2 on my M2 Pro Mac using Parallels virtual machine (latest version) with Windows 11 Pro fully up to date (24H2).

Unfortunately, when I launched the game, all I could see was a black screen with the original PoE pointer, though the music was playing in the background.

Below is the log file I recorded on December 7th. The issue is still present.

2024/12/07 01:45:54 ***** LOG FILE OPENING *****
2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436406 a1e2d1f5 [INFO Client 2260] [HTTP2] User agent: PoE poe2_production/tags/4.1.0 Windows x64
2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436406 a1e2d1f6 [INFO Client 2260] [HTTP2] Using backend: cURL
2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436421 36ec6b39 [INFO Client 2260] Enumerated adapter: Parallels Display Adapter (WDDM)
2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436421 36ec707c [INFO Client 2260] Enumerated device for adapter: Parallels Display Adapter (WDDM). Selected feature level: 45312. Max feature level: 45312
2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436437 36ec793f [INFO Client 2260] Enumerated output for adapter Parallels Display Adapter (WDDM) of \\.\DISPLAY1
2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436437 36ec6b39 [INFO Client 2260] Enumerated adapter: Microsoft Basic Render Driver
2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436453 36ec707c [INFO Client 2260] Enumerated device for adapter: Microsoft Basic Render Driver. Selected feature level: 45312. Max feature level: 45312
2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436453 b3949650 [INFO Client 2260] [ENGINE] Init
2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436453 b3949653 [INFO Client 2260] [ENGINE] Current directory: {whatever}/steamapps/common/Path of Exile 2
2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436453 b3949652 [INFO Client 2260] [ENGINE] Cache directory: {whatever}AppData\Roaming\Path of Exile 2\
2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436453 b3949655 [INFO Client 2260] [ENGINE] Download directory: {whatever}\AppData\Roaming\Path of Exile 2\Download\
2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436453 b3949654 [INFO Client 2260] [ENGINE] Settings directory: {whatever}\Documents\My Games\Path of Exile 2\
2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436453 84b53d91 [INFO Client 2260] [JOB] Start
2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436453 84b546fd [INFO Client 2260] [JOB] HIGH: 5
2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436453 84b546fd [INFO Client 2260] [JOB] MEDIUM: 5
2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436453 84b546fd [INFO Client 2260] [JOB] LOW: 2
2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436453 84b546fd [INFO Client 2260] [JOB] IDLE: 2
2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436453 84b53a3a [INFO Client 2260] [JOB] High Jobs: ON
2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436453 84b53d15 [INFO Client 2260] [JOB] Emulate Platforms: OFF
2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436453 84b53d77 [INFO Client 2260] [JOB] Tight Buffers: ON
2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436453 aa6ea60f [INFO Client 2260] [STORAGE] Mapping bucket count: 8
2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436453 aa6ea601 [INFO Client 2260] [STORAGE] Consolidate: OFF
2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436453 aa6ea5ce [INFO Client 2260] [STORAGE] Init bundle cache
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438750 f6f3b420 [INFO Client 2260] [BUNDLE] Bundle index: Bundles2/_.index.bin
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438750 f6f3b423 [INFO Client 2260] [BUNDLE] Found 43377 entries (7.6 MB)
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438750 f6f3b422 [INFO Client 2260] [BUNDLE] Found 2523661 slots (48.1 MB)
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438750 f6f3b42d [INFO Client 2260] [BUNDLE] Found 60094 directories (704.2 KB)
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438765 aa6e6f47 [INFO Client 2260] [STORAGE] Async: ON
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438765 b335e1ac [INFO Client 2260] [RENDER] Render: ON
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438765 b335e100 [INFO Client 2260] [RENDER] Emulate: OFF
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438765 b335e107 [INFO Client 2260] [RENDER] Tight: ON
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438765 b335e10a [INFO Client 2260] [RENDER] Consolidate: OFF
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438765 b335e160 [INFO Client 2260] [RENDER] Types bucket count: 16
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438765 b335d60f [INFO Client 2260] [RENDER] Async: ON
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438765 b335d605 [INFO Client 2260] [RENDER] Budget: ON
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438765 b335d628 [INFO Client 2260] [RENDER] Wait: ON
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438765 b335e186 [INFO Client 2260] [RENDER] Warmup: ON
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438765 b335e180 [INFO Client 2260] [RENDER] Skip: ON
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438765 b335e1e5 [INFO Client 2260] [RENDER] Throttling: ON
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 4228eb6d [INFO Client 2260] [ENTITY] Consolidate: OFF
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 4228eb47 [INFO Client 2260] [ENTITY] Static: ON
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 4228eb4d [INFO Client 2260] [ENTITY] Async: ON
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 4228eb26 [INFO Client 2260] [ENTITY] Wait: ON
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 4228eb03 [INFO Client 2260] [ENTITY] Warmup: ON
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 4228eae2 [INFO Client 2260] [ENTITY] Instancing: ON
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 40324870 [INFO Client 2260] [SHADER] Tight: ON
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 40324873 [INFO Client 2260] [SHADER] Emulate: OFF
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 40324876 [INFO Client 2260] [SHADER] Consolidate: OFF
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 40324879 [INFO Client 2260] [SHADER] Packed Only: OFF
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 403254d1 [INFO Client 2260] [SHADER] Address:
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 403254db [INFO Client 2260] [SHADER] Async: ON
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 40325678 [INFO Client 2260] [SHADER] Budget: ON
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 4032561d [INFO Client 2260] [SHADER] Wait: ON
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 403248d0 [INFO Client 2260] [SHADER] Warmup: ON
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 4032561b [INFO Client 2260] [SHADER] Sparse: ON
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 403248f7 [INFO Client 2260] [SHADER] Delay: OFF
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 403248fd [INFO Client 2260] [SHADER] Limit: ON
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 40324937 [INFO Client 2260] [SHADER] Inline Uniforms: ON
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 dd2a0657 [INFO Client 2260] [TEXTURE] Tight Buffers: ON
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 dd2a0658 [INFO Client 2260] [TEXTURE] Small Caches: OFF
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 dd2a0672 [INFO Client 2260] [TEXTURE] Emulate: OFF
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 dd2a0677 [INFO Client 2260] [TEXTURE] Bucket count: 16
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 dd2a0715 [INFO Client 2260] [TEXTURE] Async: ON
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 dd2a071f [INFO Client 2260] [TEXTURE] Wait: ON
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 dd2a0732 [INFO Client 2260] [TEXTURE] Throttling: ON
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 dd2a06d5 [INFO Client 2260] [TEXTURE] Budget: ON
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 dd2a06d3 [INFO Client 2260] [TEXTURE] Throw: OFF
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438828 32b9766a [INFO Client 2260] [MESH] Tight Buffers: ON
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438828 32b97667 [INFO Client 2260] [MESH] Small Caches: OFF
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438828 32b9760f [INFO Client 2260] [MESH] Emulate: OFF
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438828 32b97608 [INFO Client 2260] [MESH] Bucket count: 16
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438828 32b9762c [INFO Client 2260] [MESH] Async: ON
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438828 32b9762a [INFO Client 2260] [MESH] Wait: ON
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438828 32b975cf [INFO Client 2260] [MESH] Throttling: ON
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438828 32b975c5 [INFO Client 2260] [MESH] Budget: ON
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438828 32b974e6 [INFO Client 2260] [MESH] Throw: OFF
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438828 b394bb51 [INFO Client 2260] [ENGINE] Running Engine version 2.3.0
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438828 b394bb58 [INFO Client 2260] [ENGINE] Old file Engine version detected 0.0.0
2024/12/07 01:45:58 4438843 d8036154 [INFO Client 2260] [TRAILS] Immutable: ON
2024/12/07 01:45:58 4438843 d803615b [INFO Client 2260] [TRAILS] Debug: OFF
2024/12/07 01:45:58 4438890 6689d50c [INFO Client 2260] [MAT] Mat table size: 90671
2024/12/07 01:45:58 4438890 6689d4a0 [INFO Client 2260] [MAT] Tight: ON
2024/12/07 01:45:58 4438890 6689d4a4 [INFO Client 2260] [MAT] Bucket count: 8
2024/12/07 01:45:58 4438890 6689d4a9 [INFO Client 2260] [MAT] Ingore Temp: ON
2024/12/07 01:45:58 4438890 6689d483 [INFO Client 2260] [MAT] Enable Validation: OFF
2024/12/07 01:45:58 4438890 6689d484 [INFO Client 2260] [MAT] Enable Throw: OFF
2024/12/07 01:45:58 4438890 6689d66f [INFO Client 2260] [MAT] Async: ON
2024/12/07 01:45:58 4438890 6689d669 [INFO Client 2260] [MAT] Wait: ON
2024/12/07 01:45:58 4438890 6689d64c [INFO Client 2260] [MAT] Warmup: ON
2024/12/07 01:45:58 4438890 104b656c [INFO Client 2260] [SOUND] Audio: ON
2024/12/07 01:45:58 4438890 104b656d [INFO Client 2260] [SOUND] LiveUpdate: OFF
2024/12/07 01:45:58 4439078 52958462 [INFO Client 2260] [SOUND] Buffer size = 128.0 MB
2024/12/07 01:45:58 4439250 52957d0f [INFO Client 2260] [SOUND] Channel count = 128 (asked for 128)
2024/12/07 01:45:58 4439250 52957d0e [INFO Client 2260] [SOUND] Source count = 512
2024/12/07 01:45:58 4439718 52958d26 [INFO Client 2260] [SOUND] Changing to device "Speakers (High Definition Audio Device)"
2024/12/07 01:45:58 4439718 9107be3c [INFO Client 2260] [GRAPH] Tight: ON
2024/12/07 01:45:58 4439718 9107be30 [INFO Client 2260] [GRAPH] Bucket count: 8
2024/12/07 01:45:58 4439718 9107c991 [INFO Client 2260] [GRAPH] Ignore Temp: ON
2024/12/07 01:45:58 4439718 9107c994 [INFO Client 2260] [GRAPH] Enable Validation: OFF
2024/12/07 01:45:58 4439718 9107c99b [INFO Client 2260] [GRAPH] Inline Uniforms: ON
2024/12/07 01:45:58 4439718 9107c9f1 [INFO Client 2260] [GRAPH] Enable Throw: OFF
2024/12/07 01:45:58 4439718 f2559bd7 [INFO Client 2260] [VIDEO] Enable: ON
2024/12/07 01:45:59 4439859 ae8fde4d [INFO Client 2260] [PARTICLE] Immutable: ON
2024/12/07 01:45:59 4439859 ae8fde4c [INFO Client 2260] [PARTICLE] Debug: OFF
2024/12/07 01:45:59 4439859 ae8fde6a [INFO Client 2260] [PARTICLE] Keep Persistent: ON
2024/12/07 01:45:59 4439859 2962e53c [INFO Client 2260] [RESOURCE] Jobs: ON
2024/12/07 01:45:59 4439859 36ec6b39 [INFO Client 2260] Enumerated adapter: Parallels Display Adapter (WDDM)
2024/12/07 01:45:59 4439875 36ec707c [INFO Client 2260] Enumerated device for adapter: Parallels Display Adapter (WDDM). Selected feature level: 45312. Max feature level: 45312
2024/12/07 01:45:59 4439875 36ec793f [INFO Client 2260] Enumerated output for adapter Parallels Display Adapter (WDDM) of \\.\DISPLAY1
2024/12/07 01:45:59 4439875 36ec6b39 [INFO Client 2260] Enumerated adapter: Microsoft Basic Render Driver
2024/12/07 01:45:59 4439890 36ec707c [INFO Client 2260] Enumerated device for adapter: Microsoft Basic Render Driver. Selected feature level: 45312. Max feature level: 45312
2024/12/07 01:45:59 4440062 b394a3b5 [INFO Client 2260] [ENGINE] Ready
2024/12/07 01:45:59 4440171 daa6b547 [INFO Client 2260] [STARTUP] Game Start
2024/12/07 01:46:00 4441000 fb9aa14b [DEBUG Client 2260] Rebuilding UI::Core properties. Current input mode = '1'
2024/12/07 01:46:01 4441953 daa6b5a0 [INFO Client 2260] [STARTUP] Game in 1.7905 seconds
2024/12/07 01:46:01 4442046 daa6b547 [INFO Client 2260] [STARTUP] Device Start
2024/12/07 01:46:01 4442062 6285b0f9 [INFO Client 2260] [RENDER] Stopping device
2024/12/07 01:46:01 4442062 6285b03c [INFO Client 2260] [RENDER] Starting device: DirectX12
2024/12/07 01:46:01 4442703 daa6b547 [INFO Client 2260] [STREAMLINE] Init Start
2024/12/07 01:46:02 4443312 daa6b5a0 [INFO Client 2260] [STREAMLINE] Init in 0.606101 seconds
2024/12/07 01:46:02 4443312 cb0f8f7a [INFO Client 2260] [STREAMLINE] Initialized (Enabled)
2024/12/07 01:46:02 4443343 e0a4d0d8 [INFO Client 2260] [D3D12] Found matching adapter using LUID 000002172E804790 (Parallels Display Adapter (WDDM) - Parallels Vu)
2024/12/07 01:46:02 4443343 e0a4e15e [INFO Client 2260] [D3D12] GPU type: discrete
2024/12/07 01:46:02 4443343 e0a4e139 [DEBUG Client 2260] [D3D12] VRAM size = 0 B
2024/12/07 01:46:02 4443343 e0a4e13a [INFO Client 2260] [D3D12] VRAM limit: 0 B
2024/12/07 01:46:02 4443343 e0a4d4d2 [INFO Client 2260] [D3D12] Shader Model: D3D_SHADER_MODEL_5_1
2024/12/07 01:46:02 4443343 e0a4d51b [INFO Client 2260] [D3D12] Feature Level: 11.1
2024/12/07 01:46:02 4443343 e0a4d3f5 [INFO Client 2260] [D3D12] Wave Lane Count: 32
2024/12/07 01:46:02 4443343 e0a4c878 [INFO Client 2260] [D3D12] VRS Supported: false (2x2)
2024/12/07 01:46:02 4443703 cb0f97d3 [INFO Client 2260] [STREAMLINE][NIS]: Loaded proxy version
2024/12/07 01:46:02 4443718 cb0f97d3 [INFO Client 2260] [STREAMLINE][FSR]: Loaded proxy version
2024/12/07 01:46:02 4443718 cb0f97d3 [INFO Client 2260] [STREAMLINE][XeSS]: Loaded proxy version
2024/12/07 01:46:02 4443718 cb0f97d3 [INFO Client 2260] [STREAMLINE][PSSR]: Loaded proxy version
2024/12/07 01:46:02 4443718 cb0f9250 [INFO Client 2260] [STREAMLINE][NIS] Enabled: true
2024/12/07 01:46:02 4443718 cb0f9251 [INFO Client 2260] [STREAMLINE][FSR] Enabled: true
2024/12/07 01:46:03 4444687 cb0f9251 [INFO Client 2260] [STREAMLINE][XeSS] Enabled: false
2024/12/07 01:46:03 4444687 cb0f9251 [INFO Client 2260] [STREAMLINE][PSSR] Enabled: false
2024/12/07 01:46:04 4445312 55e628bb [INFO Client 2260] [D3D12] Buffer Count = 3
2024/12/07 01:46:05 4446125 3a8212ec [DEBUG Client 2260] [WINDOW] TriggerDeviceCreate
2024/12/07 01:46:06 4446984 4228e42f [DEBUG Client 2260] [ENTITY] Finalize static entities
2024/12/07 01:46:06 4446984 3a821249 [DEBUG Client 2260] [WINDOW] TriggerDeviceReset
2024/12/07 01:46:06 4447296 daa6b5a0 [INFO Client 2260] [STARTUP] Device in 5.24836 seconds
2024/12/07 01:46:06 4447296 daa6b547 [INFO Client 2260] [STARTUP] Tencent Start
2024/12/07 01:46:06 4447296 daa6b5a0 [INFO Client 2260] [STARTUP] Tencent in 0.000124 seconds
2024/12/07 01:46:06 4447296 daa6b547 [INFO Client 2260] [STARTUP] None Start
2024/12/07 01:46:06 4447296 daa6b5a0 [INFO Client 2260] [STARTUP] None in 5.2e-05 seconds
2024/12/07 01:46:06 4447296 daa6b547 [INFO Client 2260] [STARTUP] Loading Start
2024/12/07 01:46:06 4447656 daa6b5a0 [INFO Client 2260] [STARTUP] Loading in 0.36165 seconds
2024/12/07 01:46:06 4447656 daa6b547 [INFO Client 2260] [STARTUP] DebugGUI Start
2024/12/07 01:46:06 4447656 daa6b5a0 [INFO Client 2260] [STARTUP] DebugGUI in 3.9e-05 seconds
2024/12/07 01:46:06 4447656 daa6b547 [INFO Client 2260] [STARTUP] Registration Start
2024/12/07 01:46:07 4448671 daa6b5a0 [INFO Client 2260] [STARTUP] Registration in 1.0158 seconds
2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450406 57b74938 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [CS: ] (error: 0x80004005)
2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450437 57b74938 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [CS: ] (error: 0x80004005)
2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450437 57b74938 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [CS: ] (error: 0x80004005)
2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450437 57b74938 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [CS: ] (error: 0x80004005)
2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450437 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005)
2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450453 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005)
2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450703 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005)
2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450703 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005)
2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450703 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005)
2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450703 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005)
2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450703 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005)
2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450703 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005)
2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450703 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005)
2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450703 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005)
2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450718 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005)
2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450718 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005)
2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450718 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005)
2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450718 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005)
2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450718 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005)
2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450718 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005)
2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450718 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005)
2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450718 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005)
2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450718 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005)
2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450718 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005)
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Last edited by Sek0_#6634 on Dec 11, 2024, 2:36:34 AM
You can access the game by manually forcing the game to use DirectX11. Under Documents/Mygames, open the config file and change the renderer type to the following:

"renderer_type=DirectX11".

It let me load in after this. There are a heap of performance issues with it though - should get better once they provide support for Mac devices.

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Since iOS isn’t supported yet, I ran PoE2 on my M2 Pro Mac using Parallels virtual machine (latest version) with Windows 11 Pro fully up to date (24H2).

Unfortunately, when I launched the game, all I could see was a black screen with the original PoE pointer, though the music was playing in the background.

Below is the log file I recorded on December 7th. The issue is still present.

2024/12/07 01:45:54 ***** LOG FILE OPENING *****
2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436406 a1e2d1f5 [INFO Client 2260] [HTTP2] User agent: PoE poe2_production/tags/4.1.0 Windows x64
2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436406 a1e2d1f6 [INFO Client 2260] [HTTP2] Using backend: cURL
2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436421 36ec6b39 [INFO Client 2260] Enumerated adapter: Parallels Display Adapter (WDDM)
2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436421 36ec707c [INFO Client 2260] Enumerated device for adapter: Parallels Display Adapter (WDDM). Selected feature level: 45312. Max feature level: 45312
2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436437 36ec793f [INFO Client 2260] Enumerated output for adapter Parallels Display Adapter (WDDM) of \\.\DISPLAY1
2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436437 36ec6b39 [INFO Client 2260] Enumerated adapter: Microsoft Basic Render Driver
2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436453 36ec707c [INFO Client 2260] Enumerated device for adapter: Microsoft Basic Render Driver. Selected feature level: 45312. Max feature level: 45312
2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436453 b3949650 [INFO Client 2260] [ENGINE] Init
2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436453 b3949653 [INFO Client 2260] [ENGINE] Current directory: {whatever}/steamapps/common/Path of Exile 2
2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436453 b3949652 [INFO Client 2260] [ENGINE] Cache directory: {whatever}AppData\Roaming\Path of Exile 2\
2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436453 b3949655 [INFO Client 2260] [ENGINE] Download directory: {whatever}\AppData\Roaming\Path of Exile 2\Download\
2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436453 b3949654 [INFO Client 2260] [ENGINE] Settings directory: {whatever}\Documents\My Games\Path of Exile 2\
2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436453 84b53d91 [INFO Client 2260] [JOB] Start
2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436453 84b546fd [INFO Client 2260] [JOB] HIGH: 5
2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436453 84b546fd [INFO Client 2260] [JOB] MEDIUM: 5
2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436453 84b546fd [INFO Client 2260] [JOB] LOW: 2
2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436453 84b546fd [INFO Client 2260] [JOB] IDLE: 2
2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436453 84b53a3a [INFO Client 2260] [JOB] High Jobs: ON
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2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438750 f6f3b42d [INFO Client 2260] [BUNDLE] Found 60094 directories (704.2 KB)
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2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438765 b335d628 [INFO Client 2260] [RENDER] Wait: ON
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2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 403248d0 [INFO Client 2260] [SHADER] Warmup: ON
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 4032561b [INFO Client 2260] [SHADER] Sparse: ON
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 403248f7 [INFO Client 2260] [SHADER] Delay: OFF
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 403248fd [INFO Client 2260] [SHADER] Limit: ON
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 40324937 [INFO Client 2260] [SHADER] Inline Uniforms: ON
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2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 dd2a0672 [INFO Client 2260] [TEXTURE] Emulate: OFF
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 dd2a0677 [INFO Client 2260] [TEXTURE] Bucket count: 16
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 dd2a0715 [INFO Client 2260] [TEXTURE] Async: ON
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2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438828 b394bb51 [INFO Client 2260] [ENGINE] Running Engine version 2.3.0
2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438828 b394bb58 [INFO Client 2260] [ENGINE] Old file Engine version detected 0.0.0
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2024/12/07 01:45:58 4438890 6689d4a9 [INFO Client 2260] [MAT] Ingore Temp: ON
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2024/12/07 01:45:58 4438890 6689d669 [INFO Client 2260] [MAT] Wait: ON
2024/12/07 01:45:58 4438890 6689d64c [INFO Client 2260] [MAT] Warmup: ON
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2024/12/07 01:45:58 4439718 52958d26 [INFO Client 2260] [SOUND] Changing to device "Speakers (High Definition Audio Device)"
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2024/12/07 01:45:58 4439718 9107c991 [INFO Client 2260] [GRAPH] Ignore Temp: ON
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2024/12/07 01:45:58 4439718 9107c99b [INFO Client 2260] [GRAPH] Inline Uniforms: ON
2024/12/07 01:45:58 4439718 9107c9f1 [INFO Client 2260] [GRAPH] Enable Throw: OFF
2024/12/07 01:45:58 4439718 f2559bd7 [INFO Client 2260] [VIDEO] Enable: ON
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2024/12/07 01:45:59 4439859 36ec6b39 [INFO Client 2260] Enumerated adapter: Parallels Display Adapter (WDDM)
2024/12/07 01:45:59 4439875 36ec707c [INFO Client 2260] Enumerated device for adapter: Parallels Display Adapter (WDDM). Selected feature level: 45312. Max feature level: 45312
2024/12/07 01:45:59 4439875 36ec793f [INFO Client 2260] Enumerated output for adapter Parallels Display Adapter (WDDM) of \\.\DISPLAY1
2024/12/07 01:45:59 4439875 36ec6b39 [INFO Client 2260] Enumerated adapter: Microsoft Basic Render Driver
2024/12/07 01:45:59 4439890 36ec707c [INFO Client 2260] Enumerated device for adapter: Microsoft Basic Render Driver. Selected feature level: 45312. Max feature level: 45312
2024/12/07 01:45:59 4440062 b394a3b5 [INFO Client 2260] [ENGINE] Ready
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2024/12/07 01:46:00 4441000 fb9aa14b [DEBUG Client 2260] Rebuilding UI::Core properties. Current input mode = '1'
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2024/12/07 01:46:01 4442046 daa6b547 [INFO Client 2260] [STARTUP] Device Start
2024/12/07 01:46:01 4442062 6285b0f9 [INFO Client 2260] [RENDER] Stopping device
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2024/12/07 01:46:01 4442703 daa6b547 [INFO Client 2260] [STREAMLINE] Init Start
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2024/12/07 01:46:02 4443312 cb0f8f7a [INFO Client 2260] [STREAMLINE] Initialized (Enabled)
2024/12/07 01:46:02 4443343 e0a4d0d8 [INFO Client 2260] [D3D12] Found matching adapter using LUID 000002172E804790 (Parallels Display Adapter (WDDM) - Parallels Vu)
2024/12/07 01:46:02 4443343 e0a4e15e [INFO Client 2260] [D3D12] GPU type: discrete
2024/12/07 01:46:02 4443343 e0a4e139 [DEBUG Client 2260] [D3D12] VRAM size = 0 B
2024/12/07 01:46:02 4443343 e0a4e13a [INFO Client 2260] [D3D12] VRAM limit: 0 B
2024/12/07 01:46:02 4443343 e0a4d4d2 [INFO Client 2260] [D3D12] Shader Model: D3D_SHADER_MODEL_5_1
2024/12/07 01:46:02 4443343 e0a4d51b [INFO Client 2260] [D3D12] Feature Level: 11.1
2024/12/07 01:46:02 4443343 e0a4d3f5 [INFO Client 2260] [D3D12] Wave Lane Count: 32
2024/12/07 01:46:02 4443343 e0a4c878 [INFO Client 2260] [D3D12] VRS Supported: false (2x2)
2024/12/07 01:46:02 4443703 cb0f97d3 [INFO Client 2260] [STREAMLINE][NIS]: Loaded proxy version
2024/12/07 01:46:02 4443718 cb0f97d3 [INFO Client 2260] [STREAMLINE][FSR]: Loaded proxy version
2024/12/07 01:46:02 4443718 cb0f97d3 [INFO Client 2260] [STREAMLINE][XeSS]: Loaded proxy version
2024/12/07 01:46:02 4443718 cb0f97d3 [INFO Client 2260] [STREAMLINE][PSSR]: Loaded proxy version
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2024/12/07 01:46:02 4443718 cb0f9251 [INFO Client 2260] [STREAMLINE][FSR] Enabled: true
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2024/12/07 01:46:03 4444687 cb0f9251 [INFO Client 2260] [STREAMLINE][PSSR] Enabled: false
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2024/12/07 01:46:05 4446125 3a8212ec [DEBUG Client 2260] [WINDOW] TriggerDeviceCreate
2024/12/07 01:46:06 4446984 4228e42f [DEBUG Client 2260] [ENTITY] Finalize static entities
2024/12/07 01:46:06 4446984 3a821249 [DEBUG Client 2260] [WINDOW] TriggerDeviceReset
2024/12/07 01:46:06 4447296 daa6b5a0 [INFO Client 2260] [STARTUP] Device in 5.24836 seconds
2024/12/07 01:46:06 4447296 daa6b547 [INFO Client 2260] [STARTUP] Tencent Start
2024/12/07 01:46:06 4447296 daa6b5a0 [INFO Client 2260] [STARTUP] Tencent in 0.000124 seconds
2024/12/07 01:46:06 4447296 daa6b547 [INFO Client 2260] [STARTUP] None Start
2024/12/07 01:46:06 4447296 daa6b5a0 [INFO Client 2260] [STARTUP] None in 5.2e-05 seconds
2024/12/07 01:46:06 4447296 daa6b547 [INFO Client 2260] [STARTUP] Loading Start
2024/12/07 01:46:06 4447656 daa6b5a0 [INFO Client 2260] [STARTUP] Loading in 0.36165 seconds
2024/12/07 01:46:06 4447656 daa6b547 [INFO Client 2260] [STARTUP] DebugGUI Start
2024/12/07 01:46:06 4447656 daa6b5a0 [INFO Client 2260] [STARTUP] DebugGUI in 3.9e-05 seconds
2024/12/07 01:46:06 4447656 daa6b547 [INFO Client 2260] [STARTUP] Registration Start
2024/12/07 01:46:07 4448671 daa6b5a0 [INFO Client 2260] [STARTUP] Registration in 1.0158 seconds
2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450406 57b74938 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [CS: ] (error: 0x80004005)
2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450437 57b74938 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [CS: ] (error: 0x80004005)
2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450437 57b74938 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [CS: ] (error: 0x80004005)
2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450437 57b74938 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [CS: ] (error: 0x80004005)
2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450437 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005)
2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450453 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005)
2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450703 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005)
2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450703 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005)
2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450703 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005)
2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450703 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005)
2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450703 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005)
2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450703 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005)
2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450703 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005)
2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450703 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005)
2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450718 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005)
2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450718 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005)
2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450718 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005)
2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450718 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005)
2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450718 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005)
2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450718 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005)
2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450718 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005)
2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450718 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005)
2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450718 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005)
2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450718 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005)
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You can access the game by manually forcing the game to use DirectX11. Under Documents/Mygames, open the config file and change the renderer type to the following:

"renderer_type=DirectX11".

It let me load in after this. There are a heap of performance issues with it though - should get better once they provide support for Mac devices.

This does solve the issue, but the game is unplayable in this mode because of the performance issues you mentioned. Thank you very much for your input! :)
Same me. After change config file to directx11 the game is unplayable in this mode because of the performance issues with FPS below 5 on M4Max

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